FriendWatch

A Simple Flask Website to Watch Videos with your Friends synchronous

Install

1. Install Python3
2. Open Command prompt and navigate to the root directory of the server
   • Execute pip install -r requirements.txt
3. Run server by executing python app.py or depending on the system python3 app.py
4. Now you can reach the local web server via port 1337. For the server to be reachable from the Internet, the port forwarding in the router must be configured accordingly.

Start a Stream

Copy some Videos in the /static/video folder. You can also create a .txt file that contains a link to a video. Make sure beforehand that the link is accessible from the Internet.

To start a stream, please login with username: "admin", password:"hugo" and select the file, you want to watch.

Watch a Stream

Easy copy the Url of the stream and send it to your friends